Sin #7 Pride!
From:…read moreFralick Heating fralickandsons@gmail.com
To:Gregory Ivory
Sat, Mar 19 at 6:13 PM
I made you aware of it from the beginning that the permit was an extra charge and you never discussed any objection to me personally. Second the thermostat that caused the problem and contention was something I asked from the beginning as far as changing or not you said you were good Davison caused these problems ive had extra cost and additional time due to problems no fault of mine which I will eat as long as invoice is paid in full sincerebates cannot be processed through consumers until contract is settled and paid for if you have grievous take it up who caused your issues in the first place we solved your issues in the quickest time possible thank you have a nice weekend
Above is the poor attitude that the owner of the company (Dorian) gives His customers! Out of 6 quotes taken to replace our furnace, 4 of the companies did mention that the mandatory Building permit would be drawn. Fralick, is one of two that had not, nor did he intend to; I discovered this the morning of the installation.
When the installation had been completed the unit would not produce hot air; after running for two hours, it could only warm the house to 68 degrees. Outside temp was 20 degrees that day. I called to make Him aware, have it looked at and corrected. Hours later he showed up and made a few changes to the settings on the unit and said give it some time to correct itself. My Wife and I expressed our dissatisfaction with the fact that we still have no heat, His responses were disgusting! His first reply, "This is new technology, and you may have to get use to how it works". C'mon it is a furnace; it is supposed to heat the home! Second reply, "70 degrees is not so bad". Then thirdly, to add insult to injury he say's" This is still better than the kerosene heaters that you were using". All the time being too full of pride to admit that there was a problem; one that he could not identify. He was done, He left!
The next morning my Wife had me call Bob Cookingham, the representative from Blessing Heating and Cooling. He had been out and had given us a quote; this was my wife's' first choice. He took the call and said he'd be at the house in 30 minutes. He was at our door within 30 minutes and after 10 minutes He knew something was not right. It took another 20 minutes for Bob to identify that the AC was running simultaneously with the heating unit; cooling the air down to 68 degrees. He isolated the trouble to the thermostat which was likely damaged by the previous failed installation. Bob was a total class act; He never spoke badly about Fralick and Sons. He even complimented their work. Bob refused any compensation for His efforts, He recommended that we not mention His visit to Fralick and Sons nor that He isolated the problem, but only point them in the right direction. After telling Bob what was said by Dorian (the owner of Fralick and Sons), the news that someone else identified the problem that he failed to, would not likely be received well.
The next evening without getting a follow-up call from Dorian or anyone from Fralick and Sons to check on how we were doing, I texted Dorian, and informed Him "It appears that the AC was running as well as the furnace. I turned off the breaker to the AC unit and now we are getting good heat". The installer came out and began to trouble shoot. He pinned it down to the thermostat. He was apologetic and said, "I am sorry, that's something I should have caught". Hearing the installer (Patrick), accept accountability made all the difference in the world! Thank you, Patrick. Dorian did show up. He seemed a bit giddy. Probably because they didn't cause the problem and got to make a few bucks on the sale of a thermostat. Dorian did say that He never heard the AC running when He was here the night before and missed the issue. And as you can see from His response above, that He had no part in "our issues".
With sarcasm I say, Thank you for your "absolute Professionalism" Dorian!